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Spending your vacation at a friend's house certainly has its own advantages. Sure, there aren't any maids around to change the sheets and clean the sink daily, but you get to spend the whole time in the comfort of your own home, save the money to travel more and get to do things that you do at home. Like baking cookies. OK, that might not be everyone's ...

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Today, Cafe Fernando turns two years old and I would just die if I don't mark this occasion with my most favorite cookies of all time: Korova Cookies. These cookies made their debut in "Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City's Best Pastry Shops" by Dorie Greenspan. There is another very impressive person behind the recipe - the man Vogue magazine once called "The Picasso of Pastry." No, ...

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About a year ago, I used to bake 10-20 batches of biscotti per week (I didn't eat them all). Then I started having biscotti nightmares. Logs sticking to my hands.. Flour everywhere. Chop, chop, chop... Bake and slice and bake and slice...

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Cafe Fernando received its first mention in the press last Friday. It is a short interview that appeared in Hürriyet (one of the highest circulated national newspapers in Turkey). After the interview, I received tons of emails and comments to my blog. Thanks to Hürriyet, I've gained lots of new readers... So, how does a food blogger say "Thank you"?

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Chocolate Desserts by Pierre Herme arrived from Amazon during a very light work day. Having heard raving reviews about the book, I gazed through many wonderful creations to choose one to try after work. Although I had my eye on the chocolate macaroons, I decided to postpone baking them to a future weekend and try Viennese Chocolate Sables. I must say... These are by far the best cookies ...

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